Bikini Island
Armada Brewing

 

Triple IPA. One word - delicious

Sampling a cold 16 oz can poured into my snifter. THe beer pours a hazy, but not opaque copper color. the pour gets me a bleached white foamy head of about 2 cm. The foam recedes to a sturdy edge and island layer after the pour, but this remains throughout the sampling. The beer looks nice, and leaves some windowpane lattice after each sip.
The aroma is some melon and some citrus notes with mango and oranges mixing. A little more mild than I expected, but does hide the 10% at this point with no real hint of the size of this ABV.
First sip reveals an average body with very fine and tingly carbonation and smooth silky texture. The flavor is sweet fruit up front with mango, peach and oranges with maybe a honey flavor mixed in. This does give way to some hop bite on the finish with some pine sap and grapefruit pith. Booze shows just a bit on the swallow with some black pepper note.
This is a hop forward brew and is dangerously drinkable.
A well done brew done by a brewery 8 mins from my house!

 

On tap at 2 Bros. Pours a hazy burnt orange with an inch of thick head. Good amount of lacing. Sweet aroma of piney and dank hops with some citrus. Notes of honey and melon. The taste is a blend of honey, dank hops and some tropical fruits. Pineapple, orange, cream and a hint of banana. Not as boozey tasting as I expected, but it’s got some heat. Medium to heavy body with an oily mouthfeel.

 

 

Tried this Armada offering again on a recommendation. Fresh 16 oz. dated 3/16/18 (Make beer,Not war) chilled can into a pint glass with no head (for a maximum fill. Even without a head it laced the glass to the end. Nice cloudy dark orange color with a Hop/Citra aroma that's pleasing. Nice bitterness on the palette after a swig that does not linger rates it with with me. Great blend with a kick. Pricey $$$ but high recommendation with a kick!

 

L - active carbonation and a fluffy head. Dark, sunset orange brown. Especially dark at the center. Sticky lacing.

S - warm orange candy and ripe pineapple. Peach rings and cantaloupe. Actually smells pretty damn good. Grapefruit juice and honey.

T - gooey orange sugar and ripe tropicalia. Deep, brooding peach. Hints of white bread and oats. It's honestly delicious. Melon, sticky lemon, and mango.

F - definitely a bit sticky and with medium-high viscosity. There's booze here.

O - wasn't expecting this sort of quality from Armada. They're generally well-regarded around these parts, but anything I've had from them has been "almost there". This is "there". Well done. Irresponsibly drinkable for 10%. Ripe juicy flavors that make this challenging to put down. It's gonna be one of those nights...

One of the best tasting, easiest drinking triples out there! Big tropical and dank resin aromas, sweet passion fruit and pineapple right up front and a perfectly balanced resin finish. The mosaic really shines in this one!

 

On tap at the brewery. Brewer says it is a Triple IPA with Mosaic hops and Lactose added.

Looks like a milky orange NEIPA.
Smell and taste are lots of hops - tropical fruit, citrus, and the like.
Feel is big and full. High bitterness but it's not harsh.

Overall a nice, big beer. I would drink it again.